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If you hit the Windows key on Gnome 3, you can type the name of a program, file or system setting and it will generally find it.

• llarsson 5y ago
  That's not it. Unity let you find at you typed to get to menu options. So you did not have to care whether the item you wanted was under File, Edit, or whatever, you could just start typing "preferences" and it would let you find it and go to it with the keyboard. That was pretty good, actually.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • christophilus 5y ago
    That works in Gnome for os level items, but not for application level items.
    • hda2 5y ago
      Again, that's not what is being asked.
  • veddox 5y ago
    That is the single feature I miss the most about Unity. Gnome's prodigal attitude to screen real estate is annoying (though the Ubuntu version is somewhat better), but being able to search menus makes a real usability difference. I miss it every time I use InkScape or QGIS or similar programs with five layers of voluminous menus...
  • Maken 5y ago
    That went away with global menu, I'm afraid. In vanilla gnome every app handles it own menu however it likes, so this kind of integration is not possible. For all its flaws, Unity really tried to offer an unified desktop experience.